Foxy - Congratulations that was two people what about the other 49,998 so called refugees or economic invaders.

Otokonoko,

"The Carbon Tax is one example. My most recent gas and electricity bills recorded my lowest usage ever, but the bills were the most expensive I've had yet...."

You do realise that your state electricity utilities are the ones hiking your electricity bills beyond the pale.

Your electricity bill would have hiked around 10 percent (likely a little less) due to the carbon tax.

But your comment above plays exactly as the one bleated ad nauseam by the LNP...it's not surprising that people the same tune.

Foxy,
Do you really believe this story in WW about the man called Prof. Al Muderis?
If he refused Saddam's orders he would have been put to death straight away.
Don't believe a word these people say unless you can check it out yourself.
I met a North Vietnamese Colonel who we had in custody in POW camp in Saigon who told Australian authorities when the war ended that he was a South Vietnamese civilian and a fully qualifies bio chemist to get into Australia.
The only chemicals he was interested were the illegal kind when we busted him and his gang in Cabramatta.
He got 17 years and will be deported. I only believe what I can see with these people.
Looking at this Dr Muderis website. It seems to me that he advertizes because he wants money.
I don't see Macquarie Street specialists advertising for business. For some reason they think it is unethical and their reputations stand high for them anyway.

Foxy,
<social equity, compassion or the idea of an egalitarian society>
This is the belief that someone should live their life for the benefit of others.
That is the basis of civil destruction and the fundamental construction of communism.
Do you really believe that some other person has any social right to my wealth, that I should share it with him because he has less than me, that his need is my guilt.
Why would I, should I work my arse off to support someone who wont or can't work.
Do give him the food off my kids table.
Wake up to the real world Foxy.
I suggest you read a bit of Ayn Rand (Atlas Shrugged or Anthem) and you might get an insight into why people actually work...for themselves.
Guess who made this world you live in. Certainly not the socialists mate.
It was the capitalists that gave you everything you have and because they made money along the way you howl them down as villains.
Get real and try working for a living instead of living off the workers bones.

Poirot,

I'm a little disappointed. I have taken some time to consider the reasons for my general feeling of dissatisfaction, and made sure I thought some more before composing my response to this thread.

My response, as I think was quite clear, simply stated that many of us are tired of being asked to pay more and more for things that do not appear to be immediately relevant to us. If those things are relevant to us, then it is indicative of a governmental failure that the relevance isn't made clear. A simple PR shift that shows us how the hits to our hip pockets are building a better world might brighten the atmosphere a little.

I never claimed that the entirety of my utilities bill increase is attributable to the Carbon Tax - rather, I noted that, since the introduction of that tax, my bill has increased and nothing I can do seems to bring it back down. Believe it or not, I'm not stupid - and I am aware that many factors contribute. I read the mail sent to me by Ergon and Origin outlining and rationalising pricing increases, and I have sufficient skills in the field of literacy to understand that correspondence. The fact remains that, as I said, the price has gone up and none of the compensatory factors outlined by our former government apply to me.

Sadly, rather than presenting an opposing argument, you sought to invalidate my concerns with condescension and by relating those concerns to the 'bleatings' of the LNP. To suggest that my dissatisfaction is fuelled purely by blind acceptance of a political party's propaganda (odd, then, that I would include that same party's paid parental leave in my list) is lazy. You would serve your cause better by indicating why those bleatings are wrong.

I'm sorry if I've given you the impression that I'm a fool. I assure you that I'm not, and encourage you to try harder in future.

Otokonoko,
You, like all other hard working tax paying citizens are being economically raped by the socialistic left wing communist inspired governments of the past in particular and to a degree the currant one.
As long as we are a member of the United Nations social covenants we will suffer a steady decline in our individual wealth and our standards of living.
All this crap about our society being judged historically by the amount of compassion we show to the disadvantaged has no real meaning.
Who care how history judges us?
Boats should be turned around at sea and if they sink bad luck
Criminal should be locked up you years and made to work hard to support their existence.
Disability Insurance should be based on premiums paid by the individual.
Gas and energy products should not be exported for profit where they can be utilized in this country to reduce energy costs.
Supermarket marriages to anything other than food should be outlawed.
Health Insurance should be universal and cover all and everything with no gaps or extra payments.
Private hospitals should be hospitals with full emergency services and in-house doctors rather than accommodation for visiting specialist patients.
Aged care should be a federal government department and police with an iron fist for care,quality and commitment.
I could go on and on but with the lethargy of the average Australian today it seems to be a lost cause.